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`I wrap the entire thing up in some shell script as a .bashrc function which takes a URL, touches the downloaded file (since youtube-dl saves the youtube file modified date), then opens it in vlc. '

Just install mpv, dude.

It works right out of the box, if youtube-dl is in your PATH.

The two things I don't see bittorrent utilized for nowadays are livestreaming, and file matching. Sure, there's some demos of bittorrent live, but it's not hit the mainstream yet. 30-60 second stream delay should be plenty of time to sync video to everybody. File matching would be neat too. Just scan your files against a DHT database and you'll never have to worry about losing them again. Just as long as there's seeds.

Is there any foolproof way of detecting if some video or audio is a commercial or not?

A TV tuner that just replaces commercials with a placeholder image and a countdown to when the break is over would make broadcast TV just about tolerable for me. (time-shift, and skipping past commercials is a better solution, but there's some things you want to see live)

Personally, I think it should be possible to take a harm-reduction test and get examined by a doctor and get a license to possess certain currently illegal substances. (Taken to it's most extreme, that would also include alcohol and nicotine) I also don't think they should be government issued either, but rather by certain regulated third parties, in order to ensure privacy.

I don't know of many places aside from china where taking drugs is illegal, normally it's just possession and sale that is. Normally, the sweet-spot for things like this is decriminalizing possession, but keeping sale illegal. Again, I think this is less than ideal, as it makes it harder to limit sale to children.

For the sake of reference, do you have a strategy to keep your kids away from other drugs? I don't have children, but I expect my plan to involve describing what each of the substances do, and why they might want to avoid them. (or wait until they're older)